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Good JoGo week for me.  I hit the eating habits goal and the miles traveled goal which I think both contributed to my weight being down this week.  I do a 24-hour fast the first Sunday of every month for religious reasons and that may have been a bigger factor on the weight being down.  I will just have to stay focused this week and see where I am at next week.  Being at my mom and dads house Thursday through Sunday won't help the weight goal.  :-)  

My Fitness Pal is pretty good.  Decent list of existing foods plus you can add your own and also recipes, etc.

Originally posted by IronOx...(well aside the fact that an Oreo cookie commercial almost had me sobbing on the weekend! )

I cannot remember the last time I "made friends" with a bag of Oreos, but I know it was before Thanksgiving.  Kirsten, they are gone, but not forgotten.  A little trick that I have used in the past when the longing got to be too intense, stop at a convenience store and buy the little 4-6 count packet of Oreos they sell.  You still get your Oreo fix, but  you have no danger of eating the entire one pound bag and drinking a quart of milk all in one sitting.  (Been there, done that, own the t-shirt!)

I update on Friday, the day I record the lowest weight of the week.  For some reason I am always up a little on Mondays.

Random thought:  Anybody else have trouble getting into the Forums on their mobile app yesterday?  Could not get in using my iPhone, my wife's iPhone, or her iPad.

I haven't used other "ride with" apps, but DO pay to use Ride With GPS when I'm riding outdoors because all of my tri club's normal routes are loaded in there. And I've gotten lost a few times before when they've re-surfaced roads and the markers were no longer visible. Ride With GPS uses almost no battery life, when other apps I've used suck the battery dry within a few hours. I like Ride w GPS's turn by turn directions and "head's up" directions (next turn is on your left in 2 miles). I put my phone in my back pocked with the volume on high so I can hear the directions when riding (without ear buds).

My Fitness Pal is amazing for tracking nutrition. You can scan any bar code to have the information immediately populate and build meals/recipes in the app as well. If you're inputting recipes though, you have to comb through what it pulls up because it will pull brands and quantities that a lot of times don't match up with what you have in your pantry - and the differences can be huge. I also recommend weighing everything on a food scale if you're going to put in the effort to track. 

I also use MyFitnessPal. It's OK. I mostly use it for the "if I don't want to log it maybe I shouldn't put it in my mouth" accountability. It doesn't always work but I try.

If you were feeling shaky, you should certainly consider changing something. 

Some things to consider: When was the last meal or snack that you had before your ride? How hydrated were you before your ride? I'd add that info to your training log for Friday along with how you felt on your ride.  Then, this coming Friday, note whatever changes you made and how you felt.  I always think that I'll remember this stuff and I never do!

Drinking earlier and more often is probably a good start. 

Good job on the bike! but definitely experiment with keeping fueled. Usually for that length you aren't running out of glycogen (guideline is >90 minutes, but you may need sooner given your health) but did you start fasted? Had you eaten before?

Generally i would err on trying to fuel up before the ride more so than during. but again, there's no harm in trying things out. 

I imagine that the accuracy of any of these phone apps is dependent on the GPS accuracy of your phone.

That being said, I like Ride With GPS for route planning.

I'll join in with others that for that length ride fueling shouldn't be an issue - assuming you had eaten normally that day. The only time i have experienced any type of feeling shaky is when I have done the 4DP fitness test in Sufferfest and it is the result of pushing myself probably beyond my fitness levels. You mention that the course was a difficult one and are happy with having a high mph for that course, so perhaps the shaky is from getting in a nice hard, maybe a bit above your fitness level effort. My .02

Thank you.  +3 for MyFitnessPal, and counting.  In all honesty; tracking, weighing, and measuring were probably the biggest reasons why I left WW's.  That and the monthly costs of course.  With much chagrin, I do have to admit that when I was faithful to those principles I did experience success.

Thank you Lisa.  I went to their website and discovered they have a lot more local gravel routes than I thought were in this area.  Probably won't go for Premium, but I might consider buying the Basic.

Yes...meal planning/prep is difficult for me too.  Most days I rush out the door in the morning and if there are leftovers in the frig from the night before I take it with me to eat at lunch and if not the options for buying something on my lunch break are limited to mostly the wrong thing. 

Another thing that I didn't list that may have been a big factor in my weight being down this week was that my wife picked up six (6) Quinoa Cups at the nearest Aldi's 50 miles away on her way home from her doctor's appointment in Dallas two weeks ago.  These Quinoa cups are my new favorite thing.  My wife said they were $0.99 so I am going to need to buy a case of a hundred of them.  They are easy and all the things that I wish I had but don't take time to prepare.  I personally do not cut carbs.  My goal is 70% carbs, 15% protein, 15% fat.  All carbs are not the right things though.  I have to focus on using brown rice in the place of white rice, sweet potatoes in the place of russet potatoes, whole grain bread in the place of white bread (and I am hoping that the next thing my wife brings home is $0.99 teff bread from Aldi's), etc.   The Quinoa Cups are processed food, and I focus on using raw foods to displace processed foods, but I loved these.  What is everyone's favorite or go-to snack for keeping you on target with your triathlon diet? 

Important Gravel Talk!

Apparently BWR has announced an Asheville event on August 30th.  Registration opens February 18. 

I'm hunting down additional info now.

Women need a lot more protein than what you guys can apparently get with! It is also bad for us to work out (long and or intense workouts) in a fasted state, so I have had to come up with small snacks to help me get my protein in and break the fast before my morning workouts. Since I am vegetarian I have a bit more work to do than non-vegetarians to get enough protein. Right now I'm really into Kodiak brand protein muffins. They are pretty tasty so I'm happy to consume a 1/2 one before a swim or full one before a long (or hard) run or bike. They also make a nice late morning or afternoon snack. I too try to stay away from processed food, but convenience sometimes wins out!  I also sometimes make a concoction of peanut butter, rice syrup, protein powder to do the same thing as the muffins. I can use them on a long bike ride too when i need real food.

My mom has been sick and needs copious amounts of protein. She has really loved the Kodiak products as well as the (refrigerated) Perfect bars. Both are a bit spendy but she's able to tolerate them well.

I don't know if many of you are aware, but Robin K-C's puppy, Baby Shark, had emergency surgery on Friday.  He got an infection after the previous surgery (to remove the blockage caused by eating mulch).  Baby Shark has returned home.  Robin said that vet insurance save their bank account.

I'm glad he is home! I went through that surgery (not the infection issue) with Gunnar -it is scary and expensive!